These are the best way to buy poetry if you are on a budget. (I always did this, anthologies are GOLD) Also I have a poem in here amongst many extraordinary works by truly great writers and brilliant people.

I’m watching the new #Frankenstein and there is - of course - a scene where the creature meets the blind old man and ALL I can think of is the Gene Hackman scene from Young Frankenstein …

‘There’s no doubt that the epics are such rich and intricate narratives that they remain an important resource for a panoply of writers.’ Sanjay Subrahmanyam on Indian literature. granta.com/indian-tempt...

‘As the horror of her abduction sunk in, she faced it bravely: “Just tell me how you intend to dispose of me.” Her unhappiness lasted a few minutes.’ Sujatha Gilda on dementia and caring for her mother. granta.com/i-am-my-moth...

I need a flexible part-time job from next June which I can do mostly remotely while I keep studying. Miracles happen 🥴

🪩Our tenth issue is here 🪩 It is chock full of incredible writing and we can’t wait for you to read it 🩶 Pre-orders will start shipping from Monday and we are launching on Friday 5 December at @molimuseum.bsky.social — more details very soon 🎈 You can pre-order here: www.tolkajournal.org/shop

⏱️ 1 month left! Emerging translators: Apply for the 2026 ALTA Emerging Translator Mentorship Program for your chance to work closely with an experienced translator on a project of your choosing! Program offered at no cost to the translators selected. Learn more and apply by 11/30! buff.ly/npHAOBE

Wonderful news from our former slug-in-residence Brian! And if you haven't read VERDIGRIS yet, what are you doing – slugs, nazis, the most pyrotechnical translation of vernacular you'll ever read. Run don't walk, etc.

The biggest moon of the year , shot with a 800mm lens yesterday evening above the Cunera Church in Rhenen, when it was rising behind a thin layer of clouds. The moon was about 8% bigger than normal because of its position to the earth.

Join us for a once in a lifetime event -- Itiola Jones' debut as the 2025 APR/Honickman Book Prize winner, with the esteemed judge who chose Bloodmercy, Nicole Sealey! Get tickets at: loom.ly/sL0HM1g

Our November/December issue is out now! Check out fresh new work from Devon Walker-Figueroa, Sharon Olds, Derrick Austin, Traci Brimhall, and many more at aprweb.org, and grab the in-print version via 🔗 in bio. And be sure to pre-order Devon's excellent new book Lazarus Species from @milkweed_books

What does it mean to be a young, working-class male writer in contemporary Ireland? Join @skeinpress.bsky.social for 'Young Blood' at this year's #DublinSmallPressFair Tickets are free but limited - find them at www.poetryireland.ie/whats-on/you... Presented in association with Poetry Ireland.

Poetry Ireland / Éigse Éireann is delighted to invite applications from poets for the inaugural Home Again - Gerald Dawe Poetry Bursary aimed at the development and creation of new work. 🖋 For more details visit www.poetryireland.ie/news/home-ag... @dlrArts @thelinenhall @dlrLexIcon

‘Even the absence of language – the gaps between or beside words – come to seem like glyphs.’ Maggie Millner on silence, rupture and reaching the end of the line. granta.com/breaking-poi...

Yash Sheth's photographs in the current, monumental issue of @grantamag.bsky.social, beautifully introduced by Ruchir Joshi. granta.com/come-rain-co...

Chuffed to see my tiny poem in @magmapoetry.bsky.social with thanks to editors Isabelle Baafi and @sohinibasak.bsky.social

November news: shorturl.at/mzqLN Vidyan Ravinthiran wins @forwardprizes.bsky.social for Best Collection; new translations from Tomas Venclova, Pia Tafdrup & Ivan V. Lalić; online launch 20/11; Krisztina Tóth & Laura Wittner longlisted for Warwick Prize for Women in Translation; plus much more!

Alongside our online launch of Magma 93 'Liberation' next Thu 13 Nov, we are also holding an in-person launch at the fantastic Push the Boat Out poetry festival in Edinburgh, on Sun 23 Nov, 12-1pm. Join us there! More details & tickets here: pushtheboatout.org/events/magma...

These poems probe and worry syntax into a frank and absorbing poetic — Jack Underwood Jake Wild Hall’s voice has a clarity that will break you — Clare Pollard painful and beautiful to read — Caroline Bird A welcomed return from Jake Wild Hall. — Yomi Ṣode www.brokensleepbooks.com/product-page...

Hall balances absurdism and sincerity with remarkable control, moving between domestic & digital, sacred & profane. What emerges is a lyric mode that is generous, self-questioning, and defiantly alive to the emotional contradictions of contemporary manhood. www.brokensleepbooks.com/product-page...

Alanis Morissette by Jake Wild Hall is a sprawling, tender, and formally inventive collection that weaves fatherhood, friendship, grief, and masculinity into a shifting, polyphonic tapestry. www.brokensleepbooks.com/product-page...

It offers a sharp snapshot of contemporary literature while reflecting a working-class ethos & a commitment to degentrification, community power & accessible culture. A vibrant, dynamic & award-winning independent press distilled into one compelling volume. www.brokensleepbooks.com/product-page...

The Broken Sleep Books Anthology 2025 gathers standout, risk-taking writing from every publication of the year, spanning poetry, non-fiction and fiction. www.brokensleepbooks.com/product-page...

I am in need of a reasonably priced microphone to record some poetry readings. 🎤 I've tried using my mobile, but it ain't cutting any mustard. 🎤 There's a wide choice. I'm not sure about the acoustics at home. So, desktop or lapel version dear poets? 🎤 #PoetsOnBluesky #poetrycommunity

Take a bow, Julian - well deserved. 👏

Latest review is up on my Substack. Read all about the poetic alchemy practised by @thewombwellrainbow.bsky.social ✨

I'm v happy to say - as you can see from the pics below, that my contributors copy of THE STORMS @eatthestorms.com arrived. Yay!🥳🕺💃🦋Thks Dami & Rhona🙏🤗 📢 If there's enough interest, I'll post my poem, from the issue later today IF THIS POST GETS 50+ likes & 10+ reposts BY 10pm tonight (UK time)

#TurtleDiary is real! 😍

look at this matter in other lights; weigh it in all sorts of scales

Éilís Ní Dhuibhne is our latest guest on Burning Books 📕 Find it wherever you listen Supported by the @artscouncilireland.bsky.social

DON'T MISS THIS! 🎺 FREE GRANTA ACCESS ##WritingCommmunity #poetrycommunity I believe there are about 3 more days before the paywall comes down on this new issue. Meaning you can read a lot, if not the whole issue, online, for FREE! ( without ANY pre-conditions ) such as being a subscriber! Etc

Please wear a mask when attending this event. This event will be BSL interpreted and livestreamed.

Coming up! Elspeth Wilson hosts a gorgeous line up of poets from the @bloodaxebooks.bsky.social anthology, Versus Versus: 100 Poems by Deaf, Disabled & Neurodivergent Poets, on November 22nd - featuring Polly Atkin, Nuala Watt and Pascale Petit. Link: pushtheboatout.org/events/versu...

Act fast to secure your spot: poetrysociety.org.uk/event/poetry...

More tickets have been added to our annual lecture! Given this year by Diane Seuss on 10 November @ 7:00pm GMT via Zoom, the lecture will address an education in poetry from outside the borders of academia, specifically that of a poet from the rural working class.

Ellanya Sivasubramaniam, a Top 15 winner of the Foyle Young Poets of the Year Award 2025, reads winning poem 'The Girls Who Grow Antlers'. Read this year's winning poems and find out more about the Award: bit.ly/FoyleYoungPoets

⭐ Coming up on 8 December: Come ready to twist, knot, and tangle words in exciting, unexpected ways—and leave with a brand-new body of multilingual work! poetrysociety.org.uk/event/online...

For this week's #PoemsAbout #LockedDoors with thanks to @alanparrywriter.co.uk @thebrokenspine.co.uk and all those participating. Not what I thought I'd write...

“if you must, / do your gentle magic, / but make me unafraid / of what is / disappearing.“  — Raymond Antrobus . . . This poem appeared in The Perseverance by Raymond Antrobus, published by Tin House Books, 2021. Shared here with profound gratitude.

Tomorrow night!

Don't miss today's episode with poet extraordinaire @robincostelewis.bsky.social about Archive of Desire: A Poem in Four Parts for C.P. Cavafy. We look across her 3 books, across time from Ancient Greece to modern Alexandria, across her life and Cavafy's Audio📻🔥: tinhouse.com/podcast/robi...

Visit us at the thirtieth annual Texas Book Festival in Austin, at booth 219 in the festival grounds outside the Texas Capitol, and at a Saturday event with Geoff Dyer. Festival events are free and open to the public. buff.ly/5G0Hacl

“I wanted to write a book that was beyond what usually gets communicated in language.” —Claudia Rankine

Thank you everyone who voted for me! I hope to prove myself useful as we go forward, and hope to keep building a union that can represent and work for us all.

We're absolutely delighted to announce Magma 93 'Liberation' is now published and available to buy on our website. Edited by Isabelle Baafi @timtimtmi.bsky.social & @sohinibasak.bsky.social #liberation #magma93 Get your hands on a copy now! magmapoetry.com/archive/magm...

📢Poets! If you value a respectful vibe, do submit to THE MADRID REVIEW next time, your work will be treated with care. Thrilled to be in their latest issue, dropping on NOVEMBER THE 28th! 🔆🔆🔆 #TheMadridReview #GreatLitMags #RespectfulEditors #NewPoetry #CrossBorderPoetry #BilingualPoetry #Poems

@madridlitmag.bsky.social Thank you for including my poem ‘the parable of the jehovah’s witness man’ in the November issue of The Madrid Review’ ~ Jim Young

'Someone would meet me off the train, and then as it got dark, we’d return to the scene of the haunting.' 'Ghost-bait' by Maija Makela (@maijasofia.bsky.social), first published in Issue Nine, is now available to read on our website: www.tolkajournal.org/read-online/...

happy to be on this excellent podcast talking about Lives of the Female Poets @bloodaxebooks.bsky.social with @gregorykearns.bsky.social open.spotify.com/episode/0rMp...

Join Magma contributors and editors to celebrate the online launch of Magma 93: Liberation! Editors Isabelle Baafi @timtimtmi.bsky.social & @sohinibasak.bsky.social look forward to seeing you there! Thu 13th Nov, 7-8pm Reserve your free spot here: www.eventbrite.hk/e/magma-93-l...